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Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage: Effect of Metallic Mesh Size on Storage Time and Capacity

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Use of metallic meshes in latent heat thermal storage system shortens the charging time (total melting of the phase change material), which is favorable in practical applications. In the present study, effect of metallic mesh size on the thermal characteristics of latent heat thermal storage system is investigated. Charging time is predicted for various mesh sizes, and the influence of the amount of mesh material on the charging capacity is examined. An experiment is carried out to validate the numerical predictions. It is found that predictions of the thermal characteristics of phase change material with presence of metallic meshes agree well with the experimental data. High conductivity of the metal meshes enables to transfer heat from the edges of the thermal system towards the phase change material while forming a conduction tree in the system. Increasing number of meshes in the thermal system reduces the charging time significantly due to increased rate of conduction heat transfer in the thermal storage system; however, increasing number of meshes lowers the latent heat storage capacity of the system.

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The authors acknowledge the funded project RG 1204 via support of Thermoelectric Group formed by the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for this work.

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Shuja, S.Z., Yilbas, B.S. Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage: Effect of Metallic Mesh Size on Storage Time and Capacity. Int J Thermophys 36, 2985–3000 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-015-1953-9

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